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August 10, 2015

Mind Your Health: Suicide prevention focus of new law

Mental health advocates are hanging on to their hats as winds of change start to blow. The topics of mental…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, mental health legislation, News, Suicide Prevention
August 5, 2015

Rockford cops tap Rosecrance counselors during crisis interventions

One-third of the city’s roughly 275 police officers have taken an in-depth, 40-hour course and all Rockford officers take an…

Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News
July 31, 2015

Where’s the Mental Health First Aid Kit?

We’re seeing new resources in the workplace when it comes to First Aid. Next to the metal box with a…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Stigma, News, Workforce
July 31, 2015

NYC Launching New Low-Income Mental Health Program

Identifying and healing people with mental-health issues in low-income areas is the focus of a new program being launched in…

Addictions, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health Addictions, Mental Health First Aid, News
July 30, 2015

Bipartisan Mental Health, Substance Use Bill Introduced in Senate

Yesterday, a bipartisan group of nearly 20 Senators re-introduced a mental health and substance use awareness and treatment improvement bill.…

Addictions, Mental Health First Aid, News, Opioid and Heroin Epidemic
July 30, 2015

City launching $30 M. mental health initiative

The de Blasio administration is launching a $30 million effort to help connect low-income residents with mental health services, one…

Mental Health, Mental Health Addictions, Mental Health First Aid, mental health legislation, Mental Health Services, News
July 26, 2015

Mental Health First-Aid Training: As Critical for Idaho as CPR

While a first-aid class offers instruction on what to do when someone is having a heart attack, The Speedy Foundation…

algee, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News
July 23, 2015

Randy Ratliff soapbox: We can be hopeful for mental health…

Stigma persists in our community, yet never before in my long career in mental health and addiction treatment have I…

algee, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Illness, News
July 21, 2015

What to Do During a Mental Health Crisis

All American youngsters know the rules: Don’t take candy from strangers, play nice in the sandbox and call 911 during…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Illness, News
July 21, 2015

Mental health issues don’t take the day off

*Reprinted from Aetna Health Section. Mental health issues don’t stay at home. They don’t take a vacation and they seldom…

Mental Health First Aid, News
July 20, 2015

Suicide risk high among Bhutanese immigrants in central Ohio

Columbus officials knew the staggering statistic: More than 50 Bhutanese refugees have killed themselves since the U.S. started resettling them…

Depression, Mental Health First Aid, News, Suicide Prevention
July 20, 2015

Pa. corrections workers finish first phase of mental health training

About a quarter of Pennsylvania prison inmates have some mental health issue, and now the state Department of Corrections is…

Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News